Setting the Countries Options in Magento 1.6

Now, that you have installed your Magento 1.6 store, and you're selling products on the Internet, you've become a global business. Anyone with an Internet connection could access your website. Magento 1.6 gives the admin the ability to block access to specific countries. Also, "Postal Code is Optional" gives you the ability to select the countries that you will ship to, but where a postal code is optional. These settings can be changed in the Magento Admin Backend at any time.

By default, all countries are allowed to access your store. If you wish to block a specific country from acessing your store, find the country in the "Allow Countries" list hold the CRTL key down and select the country. This will unhighlight the country and remove remove them from the list of allows countries.

Select any country where the postal code is optional from the dropdown menu